Do you know where the PDR information comes from? It is provided by the manufacturer.
With regard to new medications it can only reference the reactions of a few hundred, perhaps the very low thousands of people it was tested on.
While I still remain a supporter of the PDR being included in the evaluation process, I still don’t think it’s the be-all end-all of decision making when it comes to new medications.
I have forgotten the name of the medication now, but years ago a medication was brought over from Europe by a very large pharmaceutical manufacturer in the United States. In under a year, that medication garnered the company $120 million dollars in profits. And then it was taken off the market.
The pharmaceutical manufacturer was found to have left out information in it’s presentation during the FDA approval process. It was not presented in the PDR either.
There was a known problem that resulted in deaths and real harm to people taking the medication.
I’m just saying that the information in the PDR is not always the full gospel on medications, and people need to do their own due diligence and not rely on it as the final arbiter of what is okay to take or not.
As a for instance, my father was very sensitive to aspirin...(not allergic) If he took 2 aspirin his tongue would bleed if he rubbed his teeth across it....He called me one day and said the doctor had put him on a new medication, altho the doctor knew he could not take ASA. His tongue was bleeding and he asked me to look up the medication in my PDR. One of the ingredients was aspirin so dad knew what was causing his bleeding....The doctor took him off the medication and gave him another one....The info was listed for the doctor but with older medications they usually don't refer to it. Not the doctors fault, but did tick off my father...Years before he developed a stomach ulcer that was hard to heal.....If you have ever looked up a medication without a background in some form of medicine you would not understand a lot, but when it comes to risks and contraindications you would understand what they were even if you had to look up some word in the dictionary....
The PDR has all the information that the FDA has and must by law be available to doctors....If they printed a lie about the medication, they would be put out of business fast...by the government and lawsuits....
Buying medication from other countries is warned against because of the loose regulations they have....I don't really know the med. your referring to, but I believe what you say....